Archive for the ‘2009’ Category

It’s been a wet day, but maybe not wet enough for the #65 Maximum Motorsport Impreza of Dean Herridge and Chris Murphy. A day of fast and open stages has suited the Nissan GTRs of Steven Jones and Tony Quinn, the more powerful cars slipping free of the rest of the field. Try as he […]

It has been a good day for the #65 Impreza of Dean Herridge and Chris Murphy, currently sitting in third place after the first seven stages of the Quit Targa West Rally.
Although the opening day was cool, the rain stayed away allowing Dean’s Subaru Impreza and the Nissan GTRs of Steven Jones and Tony Quinn […]

All is ready for todays start of the 2009 Quit Targa West rally. And Dean and co-driver Chris Murphy are looking for victory at the three-day tarmac rally, having posted the second quickest time during Thursday’s prologue.
Run around the Perth Motorplex (which normally hosts drag racing and sprint car events), the prologue determines the starting […]

Dean Herridge made a swine-flu-free return to Perth on Monday night, having spent much of last week quarantined in a Beijing hotel.
During the final leg of his journey to contest Rally Beijing with Subaru Rally Team China, Dean was seated a few rows behind a passenger who tested positive for swine flu. Chinese health officials […]

(Update: Tuesday 12pm) The potential dangers of international travel struck close to home this week. Flying from Hong Kong to Beijing last Friday, Dean Herridge had the misfortune to be seated three rows away from a passenger confirmed of being infected with H1N1 influenza virus.
Although Dean has not experienced any influenza symptoms, local health regulations […]

Rally Beijing, the second round of the Chinese Rally Championship, kicks off this week. And just before he flew out of Perth for the event, Dean managed to catch up with us to discuss the last round in Nanjing, and why there’ll be a camera crew following him around Beijing for the next week.
To hear […]

Rally Beijing, the second round of the Chinese Rally Championship, has been postponed. Originally scheduled to start on July 3, the event will now begin with a ceremonial start on Wednesday the 8th of July, with stages run on Thursday and Friday (the 9th and the 10th).
It’s a little unusual to see a rally event […]

A faulty intercom started a chain of events that ruined Dean Herridge’s chance of a podium at Rally Jiangning Nanjing.
Just five kms from the end of the second of Sunday’s four stages, Dean and co-driver Chris Murphy were holding 4th place and looking to close in on 3rd-placed Juha Salo. But a faulty intercom […]

With temperatures creeping into the 30s, it’s been a long hot day for the crews competing at Rally Jiangning Nanjing. And after initially jumping into third place, after the first loop of three stages this morning, Dean and SRTC Subaru dropped both time and a position during the afternoon, as the mercury began to climb.
“We’ve […]

The Chinese Rally Championship has kicked off in the city of Nanjing tonight.
A late replacement for Rally Shanghai, Nanjing city is 300 kms to the west of Shanghai and features five gravel stages, run multiple times during Saturday and Sunday.
The season opened tonight with a Super Special stage in front of an enthusiastic crowd, with […]